As many of the internet users are aware of, the web is hardly a monotonous, passive place. Instead, the internet is seen by many as a living thing, that constantly changes, advances, and sometimes develops some dangerous aspects. When this happens, there’s usually a counter-attack, and so came the VPNs, after privacy became just a word.
Growth of VPNs:
VPNs have had continued growth and development ever since then, and these days, they seem to be appearing almost every day. Many of them have tried to dominate the market by providing things like better speed, more features, stronger encryption, and so this competition is what makes them try to be better and go beyond the limitations of the original idea. It is not surprising to learn that even the best of the VPNs, TorGuard, still works tirelessly in ways that might make it better, so that it can serve you better.
So recently, they brought the biggest network and software update that was ever seen within the company, or maybe even in the world of the VPNs. The update has brought OpenConnect to the client, and it spreads through the entire network.
TorGuard Uses Openconnect? What’s that?
This is an SSL VPN tech, and it serves as an open source port of the project called Cisco’s AnyConnect SSL VPN project. Basically, what it does is that it utilizes both TLS and DTLS, in an attempt to authenticate and encrypt the VPN traffic. OpenConnect is well known to be the fastest available VPN protocol, but it’s often overlooked that it’s also among the most secure ones, because of the many security features that are built so that they could protect the users themselves. Let’s now see what the new protocol brings to TorGuard.
TorGuard has Complete Multiplatform Support
It’s important for online ‘products’ to be available to everyone in order to dominate the market and don’t lose the customers, so the fact that many platforms are being supported isn’t exactly surprising, but it is still good to know. OpenConnect fully supports all of the TorGuard’s servers, as well as many different systems that include Mac OS X, Linux, and, of course, Windows.
TorGuard has Tested for the Fastest VPN Speeds So Far
The speed is of great importance for the VPN since it’s one of the first things that users will check out. It’s in their interest to surf as fast as possible, so it’s in the VPN’s interest to provide them with the best it can. That’s why OpenConnect’s ability to provide with the maxed out bandwidth, increased speed, as well as the ability to avoid the ISP’s bandwidth throttling will come as an extremely useful addition. This is due to the fact that the servers will pass through another SSH tunnel, which does its job perfectly.
With Stealth Options and Openconnect, TorGuard is Undetectable
Another great thing is an amazing AES-256-GSM encryption, that makes any activity done through this VPN appear as a regular SSL traffic, while the fact that the user is using the VPN doesn’t ever even show. This makes it great for bypassing firewalls, like the “Golden Shield Project” that’s currently active in China.
Seamless Connectivity and Killswitch
OpenConnect now even provides the user with a killswitch built-in server, which should ensure that the client will manage to hold all of the traffic before the connection to the VPN server, and only then release it through the server itself. Basically, this ensures you that there will be no leaks, not even in the case of lost connectivity. Seamless connectivity can also be expected in the case of switching between 3G/4G and regular WiFi.
Dedicated IP Compatibility
All of the OpenConnect servers will now offer Dedicated IP add-on, as well as Custom port FW’s, thanks to TorGuard’s influence. This can be essential when it comes to gaming, personal banking, streaming and alike.
How to use TorGuard and OpenConnect
Setting the new system up is not that complicated procedure, as we’re about to show you. You can start by going to the downloads page of TorGuard, and get the newest copy of the client, or you can open your TorGuard VPN app and upgrade it from there.
Click on the Tunnel Type drop-down found on the main screen, and then select OpenConnect. In some cases, the OpenConnect option won’t be displayed, and if that happens, go to settings and select ‘Restore Defaults’, and then click on ‘Enable OpenConnect’ in the Network tab.
AnyConnect, which is a third party, is also available for most platforms, including Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Gnome, Mac OS X, KDE, as well as Windows 2000/XP/VIsta/7. And not just there, but on Android and Apple devices too. It even went as far as to integrate itself into the more popular router firmware, for example, OpenWRT.
You can, of course, use some other VPN client, in which case the guide might differ, but it’s still possible to manually connect it with OSX, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and OpenWRT.
So don’t wait, but instead add OpenConnect to your TorGuard. The online threats will appreciate it if you don’t and it’s in your best interest to leave them empty-handed.
